1933 Free City of Danzig parliamentary election

Free City of Danzig parliamentary election, 1933

28 May 1933
All 72 members of the Volkstag
Turnout	92%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Albert Forster Arthur Brill Party NSDAP Social Democratic Centre Seats won 38 13 10 Seat change 28 6 1 Popular vote 107,331 37,882 31,336 Percentage 50.12% 17.69% 14.63% Swing 33.72% 7.56% 0.65%
Senate President before election Ernst Ziehm DNVP Elected Senate President Hermann Rauschning NSDAP

Parliamentary elections were held in the Free City of Danzig on 28 May 1933. The National Socialist German Workers Party emerged as the largest party, receiving 50% of the vote and winning 38 of the 72 seats in the Volkstag, the first time any party had won a majority of seats in the legislature. Voter turnout was 92%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
National Socialist German Workers Party	107,331	50.12	38	+26
Social Democratic Party	37,882	17.69	13	–6
Centre Party	31,336	14.63	10	–1
Communist Party	14,566	6.80	5	–2
German National People's Party	13,596	6.35	4	–6
Poles	4,358	2.04	1	–1
Dr Moczynski Polish List	2,385	1.11	1	New
Young Germans' Movement	1,698	0.79	0	New
German Danziger Houseowners' Party	976	0.46	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	1,213	–	–	–
Total	215,341	100	72	0
Registered voters/turnout	233,842	92.09	–	–
Source: Gonschior.de